The impact and cost of ivermectin control strategies against River Blindness in Africa

River Blindness (onchocerciasis) has been identified by the World Health Organization as potentially eliminable. Until recently, the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control focused on annual distribution of ivermectin to reduce morbidity, but encouraged by success in some foci, it has embarked...

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Main Author: Turner, Hugo
Other Authors: Basáñez, María-Gloria; Churcher, Thomas
Published: Imperial College London 2013
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.656467